WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".
June 19, 2021 New Orleans Having made it back from the West Coast, where I reprised by annual spring visit, postponed from 2020, until June, I can offer a firsthand report: America is on the move. The planes were jampacked, and flights were double the prices that I remember. Rental cars, same thing. On my …
June 15, 2021 San Jose If it’s not one thing, it’s another. The entire economy collapses due to the pandemic. In a rarity, the federal government stepped in to save the day so that millions of Americans don’t starve to death as almost twelve million were unemployed. Now, of course, we have to hear daily …
https://chieforganizer.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/CN09212020.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple PodcastsNew Orleans Following right behind the crisis that tenants are facing with the eviction situation clouded in different courts and interpretations and no stimulus in the offing, mortgage holders are in a similar mess as the pandemic depression lengthens. REITs and private equity operators on Wall …